EP0880031A1 - Système de navigation par satellite - Google Patents

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EP0880031A1
EP0880031A1 EP98102699A EP98102699A EP0880031A1 EP 0880031 A1 EP0880031 A1 EP 0880031A1 EP 98102699 A EP98102699 A EP 98102699A EP 98102699 A EP98102699 A EP 98102699A EP 0880031 A1 EP0880031 A1 EP 0880031A1
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Reinhard Hanno Dr. Rer. Nat. Czichy
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/11—Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
    • H04B10/118—Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum specially adapted for satellite communication
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S5/00—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
    • G01S5/02—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
    • G01S5/10—Position of receiver fixed by co-ordinating a plurality of position lines defined by path-difference measurements, e.g. omega or decca systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S5/00—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
    • G01S5/02—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
    • G01S5/12—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves by co-ordinating position lines of different shape, e.g. hyperbolic, circular, elliptical or radial
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B7/00—Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field
    • H04B7/14—Relay systems
    • H04B7/15—Active relay systems
    • H04B7/185—Space-based or airborne stations; Stations for satellite systems
    • H04B7/1853—Satellite systems for providing telephony service to a mobile station, i.e. mobile satellite service
    • H04B7/18545—Arrangements for managing station mobility, i.e. for station registration or localisation
    • H04B7/18547—Arrangements for managing station mobility, i.e. for station registration or localisation for geolocalisation of a station
    • H04B7/1855—Arrangements for managing station mobility, i.e. for station registration or localisation for geolocalisation of a station using a telephonic control signal, e.g. propagation delay variation, Doppler frequency variation, power variation, beam identification
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S1/00—Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmitters; Receivers co-operating therewith
    • G01S1/02—Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmitters; Receivers co-operating therewith using radio waves
    • G01S1/022—Means for monitoring or calibrating
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B7/00—Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field
    • H04B7/14—Relay systems
    • H04B7/15—Active relay systems
    • H04B7/185—Space-based or airborne stations; Stations for satellite systems
    • H04B7/18521—Systems of inter linked satellites, i.e. inter satellite service

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  • the present invention relates to a method for setting up a satellite navigation system using satellite networks intended for mobile communication below the GEO stationary orbit, especially on LEO (Low Earth Orbiting) - or MEO orbits, as well as its connection to communication satellites in the geostationary Train.
  • LEO Low Earth Orbiting
  • GNSS Global Positioning System
  • GPS Global Positioning System
  • GLONASS Global Navigational System
  • GNSS planned European systems
  • the planned European system GNSS could e.g. B. implemented by including the satellites of the INMARSAT network on geostationary orbits.
  • the satellites of the GPS system move in polar orbits at a height of around 20,000 km above ground and, depending on the user group, emit radio signals on one or two frequencies in the range between 1 and 2 GHz, which are generated using permanently repeated modulation with a very broadband Data sequence of great length transmit exact time stamps to the user on the ground.
  • the basic idea of the present invention is therefore the inclusion of already known ones and existing communication links between satellites, which in LEO (Low Earth Orbiting) satellite communication networks and neighboring networks because of the restricted Visibility of the satellites are imperative.
  • LEO Low Earth Orbiting
  • the latter allows on the other hand, the disassembly of the part of the earth's surface covered by the system into numerous small cells without the need for complex antennas on board the numerous satellites of the system would be necessary.
  • the free route between a satellite and the subscriber is relatively short and allows the use of devices with low radiation power.
  • each participant can simultaneously contact several satellites and determine its position in the same way as in the GPS system, being different from this System less high-quality time standards are necessary on board the satellites, as these each other over the communications links between the system's satellites in the middle.
  • optical communications between the satellites can also determine the exact distance in addition to the exact distance Direction of the satellites working as counter stations.
  • the one with it Known relative positions of the satellites to one another enable a more precise determination of the position of the participant.
  • Optical communications can also be used geostationary orbiting satellites to enlarge the measuring base and thus to Increase accuracy. It can also be at medium altitudes or geostationary orbiting satellites with the inventive method for establishing a cooperative or non-cooperative navigation system can be used.
  • Another advantage of the basic principle is the possibility of using cooperative Location procedure.
  • the participant in a satellite-based Cellular network the advantage of its position through runtime processing of it emitted signal on board the interconnected satellites, which his signal received and merged via optical communications, to be able to be determined without using special devices for position determination to have to dispose of.
  • Satellite navigation systems that are positioned in low orbit
  • the existence of satellites lies in the potentially high number of cooperatively locating participants as well in the local limitation of the use of non-cooperative location procedures. Further details, features and advantages of the invention result not only from the Claims and these features to be extracted - for themselves and / or in combination - but also from the following description of a preferred embodiment.
  • Fig. 1 shows a possible satellite communication network (TELEDESIC project), which consists of 840 satellites 2 orbiting the Earth in orbits close to the pole.
  • the satellites of a group consisting of satellites 4-20 shown in FIG. 2 are connected directly to a central satellite 4 via optical communication links.
  • the information is transported across the entire network by forwarding between network elements consisting of several satellites 4-20 shown as an example in FIG. 2 .
  • An area 28 can be seen in two sections in FIG. 3 , in which a satellite 26 moving in an orbit 22 around the earth 24 can be reached by an earth-bound subscriber.
  • a grid 30 extends into the area 28 in the right part of FIG. 3 and illustrates that a single satellite can reach several cells of the radio network.
  • a subscriber can always see several satellites within such a cell, each serving several cells of the network separately using directional antennas or special multiplexing methods.
  • the simultaneous contact with several satellites that can be made possible can generally be used.
  • FIG. 4 shows the simultaneous detection of a subscriber located in a cell 32 by the satellites 34, 36 and 38 flying one behind the other in an orbit by means of differently oriented radiation 40, 42 and 44.
  • satellites flying in different orbits can also be detected simultaneously .
  • signals from all satellites 34, 36 and 38 are sent with time stamps to the subscriber, who autonomously interprets corresponding location-dependent time differences.
  • a subscriber can have his signals arriving in satellites 34, 36 and 38 at different times merged onto one of the satellites via optical communication links between satellites 34, 36 and 38 , in order to use the delays known from measurement between the Let satellites analyze location-dependent runtime differences.
  • a network that can be used for location purposes can also consist of satellites located at medium altitudes above the earth or partly of geostationary orbiting satellites. Furthermore, the satellites of the network can rely on the non-cooperative use of an existing navigation system in order to support the cooperative location determination of the participants.

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